Learn how in 6 months, I went from being a very low-singing alto with a high note-aversion to singing a Bach Sinfonia in a very soprano range.

Among soprano saxophonists, Bob Wilber is almost undoubtedly the man doing the most to maintain the legacy of Sidney Bechet. As a high-school student in the late 1940s, Wilber began taking lessons ...

Alto was the more common term until contralto (meaning "against," or contra alto) gave it some competition. Contraltos, range-wise, fall between the mezzo and the tenor. They are the lowest of the ...